Bible in Basic English
"Even if these three men were in it, by my life, says the Lord, they would not keep safe their sons or daughters, but only themselves, and the land would be made waste."
— Ezekiel 14:16, Bible in Basic English
“Though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord God, they shall deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only shall be delivered, but the land shall be desolate.”
“though these three men were in it, as I live, saith the Lord Jehovah, they should deliver neither sons nor daughters; they only should be delivered, but the land should be desolate. ”
“Even if these three men were in it, as surely as I live, declares the Sovereign LORD, they could not save their own sons or daughters; they would save only their own lives, and the land would become desolate.”
Son of man, when a land, sinning against me, does wrong, and my hand is stretched out against it, and the support of its bread is broken, and I make it short of food, cutting off man and beast from it:
Even if these three men, Noah, Daniel, and Job, were in it, only themselves would they keep safe by their righteousness, says the Lord.
Or if I send evil beasts through the land causing destruction and making it waste, so that no man may go through because of the beasts:
Even if these three men were in it, by my life, says the Lord, they would not keep safe their sons or daughters, but only themselves, and the land would be made waste.
Or if I send a sword against that land, and say, Sword, go through the land, cutting off from it man and beast:
Even if these three men were in it, by my life, says the Lord, they would not keep safe their sons or daughters, but only themselves.
Or if I send disease into that land, letting loose my wrath on it in blood, cutting off from it man and beast: